Sports Watch: Farmington’s Kuehl sets a UNE first

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Oct 20, 2012 at 3:15 AM

FROM STAFF REPORTS

DOVER — Former Farmington High School standout Maria Kuehl, a junior setter on the University of New England volleyball team, was honored last Saturday at the new Alfond Forum in Biddeford, Maine, for becoming the program’s first player to reach 2,000 career assists.Kuehl currently leads the Nor’easters in assists (691) and service aces (31). She also ranks second in digs (192), third in blocks (23) and fifth in kills (56).Kuehl also leads the Commonwealth Coast Conference in assists and ranks fourth in aces.She is a medical biology major (pre med) with a minor in psychology at UNE and recently attended the National Neuroscience Conference in New Orleans as a presenter with her research findings from the past year and a half.Kiah Begley of Berwick, Maine, had 45 assists and 17 digs and Milton’s Felicia Wachowiak added 18 kills and six blocks for the Saint Joseph’s College volleyball team in a 3-2 win over Simmons.Begley also had 25 assists and three service aces and Wachowiak had nine kills in a 3-0 victory over the University of Saint Joseph of Connecticut.Begley had 36 assists and 10 digs in a 3-0 victory over Emmanuel and Wachowiak added 10 kills, two solo blocks and five block assists.Dover’s Ryan Brady finished 21st overall to help the Keene State College men’s cross country team take third at the Connecticut College Invitational.The former Oyster River High School standout was the third Keene St. runner to cross the finish line.Northwood’s Michelle Hobbs had four kills, a block and seven digs for the Wentworth volleyball team in a 3-0 loss to Endicott. Wolfeboro’s Megen Pollini had an assist for the Saint Joseph’s College women’s soccer team in an 8-0 win over Maine-Presque Isle.

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